Katsushi Nishimura, Ph. D.


Original Papers
  1. Yuki Hirato, Masaru Goto, Mayumi Tokuhisa, Minoru Tanigawa, Katsushi Nishimura
    Crystallization and X-ray analysis of D-threonine aldolase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications, 73(2), 86-89 (2017)

  2. Yuki Hirato, Mayumi Tokuhisa, Minoru Tanigawa, Hiroyuki Ashida, Hiroyuki TanakaC Katsushi Nishimura
    Cloning and characterization of D-threonine aldolase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Phytochemistry 135, 18-23 (2017)

  3. Yusuke Suzuki, Aya Okano, Kazuya Kabayama, Atsuyoshi Nishina, Minoru Tanigawa, Katsushi Nishimura, Yasunori Kushi
    Purification of Pyridylaminated Oligosaccharides Using 1,2Dichloroethane Extraction, Analytical Sciences, 32, 487-490 (2016)

  4. Hideyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Kurumi, Kaoru Suzuki, Katsushi Nishimura, Hideharu Hirose, Shigeyuki Masutani
    Micro-Inactivation of Coliforms by Low-Temperature and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Irradiation, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 749, 74-78 (2015)

  5. M. Tanigawa, T. Shinohara, K. Nishimura, K. Nagata, M. Ishizuka and Y. Nagata.
    Purification of Helicobacter pylori NCTC 11637 Cytochrome bc1 and Respiration with D-Proline as a Substrate    , J. Bacteriol, 192, 1410-1415 (2010)

  6. Tanigawa, M., Shinohara,T., Saito, M., Nishimura, K., Hasegawa, Y., Wakabayashi, S., Ishizuka, M. and Nagata, Y.
    D-Amino Acid Dehydrogenase from Helicobacter pylori NCTC 11637    , Amino Acids, 38, 247-255 (2010)

  7. M. Ohnishi, M. Saito, S. Wakabayashi, M. Ishizuka, K. Nishimura, Y. Nagata, and S. Kasai
    Purification and Characterization of Serine Racemase from a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrobaculum islandicum, J. Bacteriol, 190 1359-1365 (2008).

  8. Makoto Saito, Katsushi Nishimura, Yuichiro Hasegawa, Tomomitsu Shinohara, Sadao Wakabayashi, Tatsuo Kurihara, Morio Ishizuka, Yoko Nagata.
    Alanine racemase from Helicobacter pylori NCTC 11637: Purification, characterization and gene cloning, Life Sciences, 80, 788-794 (2007).

  9. M. Saito, K. Nishimura, S. Wakabayashi, T. Kurihara, and Y. Nagata.
    Purification of branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase from Helicobacter pylori NCTC 11637    , Amino Acids, 33, 445-449 (2007).

  10. K. Nishimura, Y. Tomoda, Y. Nakamoto, T. Kawada, and Y. Nagata.
    Alanine racemase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Amino Acids, 32 59-62 (2007).

  11. K. Nishimura, T. Harada, Y. Arita, H. Watanabe, H. Iwabuki, A. Terada, T. Naganuma, and Y. Uzuka.
    Identification of enzyme responsible for erythritol utilization and reaction product in yeast Lipomyces starkeyi, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 101, N4, 303-308 (2006)

  12. K. Nishimura, K. Shimada, H. Iwasawa, T. Naganuma and Y. Uzuka
    Total DNA preparation excluding extracellular acidic polysaccharide from Lipomyces yeasts and its application to taxonomic studies, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 66, 1563-1566 (2002).

  13. K. Nishimura, M . Yamamoto, T. Nakagomi, Y. Takiguchi, T. Naganuma and Y. Uzuka
    Biodegradation of triazine herbicides on polyvinylalcohol gel plates by the soil yeast Lipomyces starkeyi, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 58, 848-852 (2002).

  14. T. Naganuma, K. Katsumata, T. Ando, H. Watanabe, K. Nishimura and Y. Uzuka
    An improved method for isolating yeasts in the genus Lipomyces and related genera from soil, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 63, 195-198 (1999).

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  16. H. Watanabe, M . Okada, T. Hibi, K. Nishimura, T. Naganuma and Y. Uzuka
    Development of a new chemically defined porulation medium for the yeasts in the genus Lipomyces, J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 43, 289-293 (1997).

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  18. K. Nishimura, J. Ito, T. Yoshimura, N. Esaki and K. Soda
    A simple method for determination of stereospecificity of aminotransferases for C-4' hydrogen transfer of the coenzyme, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2, 605-607 (1994).

  19. T. Yoshimura, K. Nishimura, J. Ito, N. Esaki, H. Kagamiyama, J. M . Manning and K. Soda
    Unique stereospecificity of D-amino acid aminotransferase and branched-chain L-amino acid aminotransferase for C-4' hydrogen transfer of the coenzyme, the Journal of the Americal Chemical Society, 115, 3897-3900 (1993).

  20. K. Nishimura, K. Tanizawa, T. Yoshimura, N. Esaki, S. Futaki, J.M . Manning and K. Soda
    Effect of substitution of a lysyl residue that binds pyridoxal phosphate in thermostable D-amino acid aminotransferase by arginine and alanine, Biochemistry, 30, 4072-4077 (1991).

  21. J.M . Maning, A. Martinez del Pozo, H. Ueno, K. Tanizawa, K. Nishimura, K. Soda, D. Ringe, B. Stoddard and G. Petsko
    Bacterial D-amino acid transaminase -stereospecificity of reaction pathway, spectral effects, and inactivation generated by D-serine, Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 585, 516-518 (1990).

  22. A. Martinez del Pozo, H. Ueno, J.M . Manning, K. Tanizawa, K. Nishimura, S. Asano, H. Tanaka, K. Soda, D. Ringe and G. A. Petsko
    Activity and spectroscopic droperties of bacterial D-amino acid transaminase after multiple site-directed mutagenesis of a single tryptophan residue, Biochemistry, 28, 510-516 (1989).

  23. A. Martinez del Pozo, M . A. Pospischil, H. Ueno, J.M . Manning, K. Tanizawa, K. Nishimura, K. Soda, D. Ringe, B. Stoddard and G. A. Petsko
    Effect of D-serine on bacterial D-amino acid transaminase: Accumulation of an intermediate and inactivation of the enzyme, Biochemistry, 28, 8798-8803 (1989).

  24. A. Martinez del Pozo, M . Merola, H. Ueno, J.M . Manning, K. Tanizawa, K. Nishimura, K. Soda and D. Ringe
    Stereospecificity of reactions catalyzed by bacterial D-amino acid transaminase, J. Biol. Chem., 264, 17784-17789 (1989).

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Proceedings
  1. K. Nishimura, K. Tanizawa, T. Yoshimura, N. Esaki, J.M . Manning and K. Soda
    Effect of substitution of a lysyl residue that binds pyridoxal phosphate in thermostable D-amino acid aminotransferase by arginine and alanine, In the first international congress on vitamines and biofactors in Life Science, p. 82 Kobe (1991).

  2. K. Nishimura, K. Tanizawa and K. Soda
    Site-directed mutagenesis of the active-site lysine residue of thermostable D-amino acid aminotransferase, In the 5th FAOB Congress, p. 364 Seoul (1989).